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Comparison of Rectified and Unrectified Sockets for Transtibial Amputees
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Jack R. Engsberg, PhD
S. Wayne Sprouse, CPO
Mary L. Uhrich, MS
Barbara R. Ziegler, CPO
F. Daniel Luitjohan, CP
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The prosthetic socket is the most important part of the prosthesis for lower limb amputees. The current method for fabricating prosthetic sockets is to modify a positive mold to account for the nonhomogeneity of the residual limb to tolerate load (i....
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Orthotic Treatment of Degenerative Disk Disease with Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: A Case Study
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Kevin Meade, PhD
Patrick Flanagan, CO
Jose Miguel Gomez, MD, CO
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Degenerative changes in the spine often cause the loss of normal structure and/or function in a spinal segment or segments and can be painful. Many of these patients are not ideal surgical candidates, given their age and quality of bone. A case is pr...
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Modern Wound Treatment of Infected Transtibial Amputation: Case Reports
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Pascal Steenvoorde, MD, MSc
Jacques Oskam, MD, PhD
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One of the most disastrous complications of a transtibial amputation, besides death, is gangrene and opportunistic infection, necessitating a transfemoral amputation. Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) is an efficacious method to combat severe infectio...
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Prospective Analysis of Complication Rate Using Two Types of Adult Halo Skull Pins
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Nicole M. Parent-Weiss, CO, OTR, FAAOP
Gregory P. Graziano, MD
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The halo vest is used successfully to address clinical situations requiring cervical spine immobilization. Several studies have addressed the topic of complications associated with halo immobilization, and many have been described as well as the stra...
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